Mining Incidents

Steve Short; Heath Lovell controller

MSHA controller ID: C16087

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
102
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
845
citations
239
significant & substantial
$124,202
proposed penalties
$123,247
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $955 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
122
inspections on record
5,749
inspection hours
14.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
845 citations across 5,749 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$124K
proposed penalties
$123K
current assessed
$123K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
830 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
32
2003
24
2002
42
2001
4

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